List of Nebraska Cornhuskers football coaches
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers football
program is a college football team that represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln
in the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference
in the National Collegiate Athletic Association
. The team has had 31 head coaches since organized football began in 1890. The university adopted the nickname Cornhuskers in 1900. Prior to that, the team was also known as the Old Gold Knights, Antelopes, Rattlesnake Boys and Bugeaters. The Cornhuskers have played 1,219 games during their 120 seasons. In those seasons, seven coaches have led the Cornhuskers to postseason bowl game
s: Biff Jones, Bill Glassford
, Bob Devaney
, Tom Osborne, Frank Solich
, Bill Callahan, and Bo Pelini
. Twelve coaches have won conference
championships with the Cornhuskers: Frank Crawford
, Charles Thomas
, Robbie Robinson, W. C. Cole, Ewald O. Stiehm
, E. J. Stewart
, Fred Dawson
, Ernest Bearg
, Dana X. Bible
, Jones, Devaney, Osborne, and Frank Solich
Osborne is the all-time leader in games coached (307), years coached (25) and wins (255). Williams and Langdon Frothingham are tied with the highest winning percentage. Williams won his only game as head coach and Frothingham won his two games. Among coaches with at least a full season of coaching, Stiehm's winning percentage of .913 is the highest. Adolph J. Lewandowski
and A. Edwin Branch
each have a winning percentage of .250, the lowest of all Nebraska coaches. Of the 31 Cornhusker coaches, six have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
: Robinson, Fielding H. Yost, Bible, Jones, Devaney, and Osborne. The current coach, Bo Pelini, was hired in December 2007.
Nebraska Cornhuskers football
The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in college football. The program has established itself as a traditional powerhouse, and has the fourth-most all-time victories of any NCAA Division I-A team. Nebraska is one of only six football programs in NCAA Division I-A...
program is a college football team that represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is a public research university located in the city of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska...
in the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
in the National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
. The team has had 31 head coaches since organized football began in 1890. The university adopted the nickname Cornhuskers in 1900. Prior to that, the team was also known as the Old Gold Knights, Antelopes, Rattlesnake Boys and Bugeaters. The Cornhuskers have played 1,219 games during their 120 seasons. In those seasons, seven coaches have led the Cornhuskers to postseason bowl game
Bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...
s: Biff Jones, Bill Glassford
Bill Glassford
James William "Bill" Glassford is a former American football player and coach. He attended the University of Pittsburgh where he played football and was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He graduated in 1936....
, Bob Devaney
Bob Devaney
Robert S. "Bob" Devaney was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 1957 to 1961 and at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1962 to 1972, compiling a career college football record of 136–30–7...
, Tom Osborne, Frank Solich
Frank Solich
Frank Solich is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Ohio University, a position he has held since the 2005 season...
, Bill Callahan, and Bo Pelini
Bo Pelini
Mark "Bo" Pelini is the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He had previously been defensive coordinator for the LSU Tigers, Oklahoma Sooners, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers...
. Twelve coaches have won conference
Athletic conference
An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other at the professional, collegiate, or high school level. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller and smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels...
championships with the Cornhuskers: Frank Crawford
Frank Crawford
Frank Crawford was a college football player and coach, lawyer and law professor. He played college football at Yale University and served as the first head football coach at the University of Michigan in 1891...
, Charles Thomas
Charles Thomas (coach)
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, Robbie Robinson, W. C. Cole, Ewald O. Stiehm
Ewald O. Stiehm
-External links:* * at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com...
, E. J. Stewart
E. J. Stewart
Edward James "Doc" Stewart was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator...
, Fred Dawson
Fred Dawson
-References:...
, Ernest Bearg
Ernest Bearg
-External links:* * at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com...
, Dana X. Bible
Dana X. Bible
Dana Xenophon Bible was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi College , Louisiana State University , Texas A&M University , the University of Nebraska , and the University of Texas...
, Jones, Devaney, Osborne, and Frank Solich
Osborne is the all-time leader in games coached (307), years coached (25) and wins (255). Williams and Langdon Frothingham are tied with the highest winning percentage. Williams won his only game as head coach and Frothingham won his two games. Among coaches with at least a full season of coaching, Stiehm's winning percentage of .913 is the highest. Adolph J. Lewandowski
Adolph J. Lewandowski
Adolph J. "A. J." "Lew" Lewandowski was an American football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1943 to 1944, compiling a record of 4–12...
and A. Edwin Branch
A. Edwin Branch
Alonzo Edwin Branch was an American football coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Nebraska in 1899 and at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1900, compiling a career college football record of 1–11–1....
each have a winning percentage of .250, the lowest of all Nebraska coaches. Of the 31 Cornhusker coaches, six have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
: Robinson, Fielding H. Yost, Bible, Jones, Devaney, and Osborne. The current coach, Bo Pelini, was hired in December 2007.
Key
| # | A running total of the number of coaches |
| CCs | Conference championships |
| NCs | National championships |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move... |
| GC | Games coached |
| OW | Wins |
| OL | Losses |
| OT | Ties |
| O% | Winning percentage Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... |
| CW | Wins |
| CL | Losses |
| CT | Ties |
| C% | Winning percentage |
| PW | Wins |
| PL | Losses |
Coaches
- Statistics correct as of the end of the 2009–10 college football season2009 NCAA Division I FBS football seasonThe 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on September 2, 2009, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2010, featuring the...
# Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 2 2 1 1 0 .500 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1 1 1 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 4 15 10 4 1 .700 3 3 0 0— 0— 1 0— 0— 5 9 6 3 0 .667 2 1 0 0— 0— 1 0— 0— 6 † 16 11 4 1 .719 4 1 1 0— 0— 1 0— 0— 7 † 11 8 3 0 .727 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 8 10 2 7 1 .250 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 9 63 53 8 2 .857 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 10 10 6 4 0 .600 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 11 36 25 8 3 .736 5 2 1 0— 0— 2 0— 0— 12 40 35 2 3 .913 14 0 1 0— 0— 5 0— 0— 13 15 11 4 0 .733 5 1 0 0— 0— 2 0— 0— 14 6 2 3 1 .500 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 15 17 8 6 3 .559 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 16 32 23 7 2 .750 14 1 2 0— 0— 3 0— 0— 17 33 23 7 3 .742 16 4 1 0— 0— 1 0— 0— 18 † 72 50 15 7 .743 33 3 4 0— 0— 6 0— 0— 19 † 46 28 14 4 .652 17 6 2 0 1 2 0— 0— 20 10 3 7 0 .300 3 2 0 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 21 16 4 12 0 .250 4 6 0 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 22 19 6 13 0 4 7 0 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 23 18 5 13 0 .278 5 5 0 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 24 68 31 35 3 .471 23 18 1 0 1 0— 0— 0— 25 10 4 6 0 .400 3 3 0 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 26 50 15 34 1 .310 6 19 0 0— 0— 0— 0— 0— 27 † 123 101 20 2 .829 62 14 1 6 3 8 2 – 1970, 1971
28 † 307 255 49 3 .836 153 22 1 12 13 13 3 – 1994, 1995, 1997
29 77 58 19 0— .753 33 15 0— 3 3 1 0— 0— 30 49 27 22 0— .551 15 17 0— 1 1 0— 0— 0— 31 28 20 8 0— .714 11 5 0— 3 0 0— 0— 0—